In many ways, Pride this year has been met with mixed opinions from the LGBT community. In the wake of Orlando, people have felt a strong need to take to the streets and make their strength and defiance visible. And yet others have felt conflicted about the new direction Pride seems to be taking; corporate sponsors have a tighter hold on proceedings than years previous, and anti-war advocates have objected to military presence at the event in the form of the Red Arrows flying over, and BAE – an arms manufacturer – marching in the parade.
Still, if you'd turned on Grindr in Soho Square yesterday, you might have found your phone ready to combust; the streets were packed with thousands of revellers celebrating LGBT love. Despite heavy rain, despite falling on the same weekend as Glastonbury, despite disappointment over news that Britain will leave the EU, Saturday afternoon's turnout was immense. As Jennifer Saunders and Joanna Lumley, Ab Fab 's Eddie and Patsy, led the parade, umbrellas could be seen all the way down Old Compton Street with a throng of drag queens, tourists and shirtless men dancing underneath.
If you weren't able to make it, here's a run down of what you missed courtesy of those that were there...
Jennifer Saunders and Joanna Lumley kicked off the parade with their AbFab float
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Amnesty International's placards ward off homophobia
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Out and Proud Diamond Group show support for Ugandan LGBT people
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Rainbow balloons outside G-A-Y on Old Compton Street
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Drag queen Jodie Harsh takes a selfie from atop the AbFab float
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Banners respond to Orlando
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Glitter lipstick was in this year
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Glynn from Sink The Pink makes a friend
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Stonewall UK march in their trademark red Tshirts
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Impromptu tube performance from drag queen Jacob Mallinson Bird
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Flags represent worldwide Pride
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As the rain started to fall, street DJs dropped Rihanna "Umbrella" - apt
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Girl Guides show their support of gay members
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His and hers dresses
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Eddie and Patsy pose for the cameras
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Stalls offered rainbow face paint
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Teachers partied atop a bus in the parade, which lasted from 1pm to 4.30, making its way through central London
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London Mayor Sadiq Khan on stage
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The Red Arrows – not emitting rainbow colours, for some reason
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Full body paint... at least until the skies opened
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Leather clad bikers in the parade
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Rainbows Across Borders, a voluntary charity for LGBT asylum seekers
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No Pride In War protestors demonstrate against the Red Arrows' appearance
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These two, having a grand old time
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Performances took place in Trafalgar Square all afternoon long
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Important Tshirts for bisexual people – the letter in L, G, B and T that arguably gets the least airtime
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